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Philalethes, "History of Ceylon," 1817, 163.

M. Bapu Rao, Madras Christian Coll. Mag., April 1894, xi.

"Gazetteer of the Madura District," 1906, i. 286.

"Gazetteer of the South Arcot District," 1906, i. 278.

F. Fawcett, Man, 1901, i., No. 29, p. 37.

"Madras Census Report," 1901, part i. 134.

"Malabar and its Folk," Madras, 2nd ed., 133.

Thula (scales), purusha (man), danam (gift).

See Shungoony Menon, "History of Travancore," 1878, 58-72.

Madras Diocesan Record, October, 1905.

"Christianity and Caste," 1893.

Rev. J. Cain, Madras Christian Coll. Mag., 1887-8, v. 358.

In Southern India, turmeric (Curcuma) is commonly called saffron (Crocus).

"Gazetteer of the Vizagapatam District," 1907, i. 75.

Madras Museum Bull., 1907, v., No. 3, 134.

Ibid., 171.

"An Indian Olio," 79-80.

"Gazetteer of the Nilgiris," 1908, i. 340.

"The Tinnevelly Shanars," 1849.

Madras Dioc. Mag., March, 1903.

Rev. J. Cain, "Ind. Ant.," 1879, viii. 219.

"Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies,' translation by H. K. Beauchamp, 1897, i. 143.

"Gazetteer of the Anantapur District," 1905, i. 198.

"Gazetteer of the South Arcot District," 1906, i. 93.

"Gazetteer of the South Arcot District," 1906, i. 92-3.

"Goa and the Blue Mountains," 1851, 339.

"Gazetteer of the Bellary District," 1904, i. 60.

F. Fawcett, Madras Museum Bull., 1901, iii., No. 3, 307.

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